National Farmers Union Attacks SPA Over Funding
The National Farmers Union urges the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee to release $1 622000 for the Southwestern Power Administration to fulfill contracts with the Central Electric Power Cooperative. Oklahoma Farmers Union President Homer Duffy says the SPA aided regional cooperatives during power shortages and criticizes current administration for aiding private utilities.
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Washington
The
Nation Union
Senate Interior Appropriations
Interior Rtment
Southwestern Power Administration
James G. Patton
Farm Group
SPA
Central Electric Power Co-operative
Homer Duffy
Oklahoma Farmers Union
Tura
Turner Turnpike Marks First Birthday Amid Big Finances
Oklahoma City The Turner Turnpike will celebrate its first birthday Sunday with a half million dollar reserve after expenses and bond interest. Toll receipts surpassed two million dollars by year end though engineers predicted 1.88 million. The Toll road logged 109 accidents including five fatalities and border towns reported nearly three million dollars more in retail sales in nine months.
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Oklahoma City
Turner Turnpike
Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
Oklahoma City-Tulsa
H. E. Bailey
Turnpike
Bailey
Tax Commission
Oil Production Drops For Week Ends May 8
Domestic crude oil production for the week ending May 8 fell by 187 825 barrels per day from the prior week, as the Oil and Gas Journal estimates. The U S daily average was 6 427 000 barrels with 822 385 750 barrels produced by May 8. Texas led declines with 160 700 bpd, while Illinois posted the largest gain.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oil and Gas Journal
the Journal
United States
Texas
Ilinois
Kansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Colorado
Montana
Arkansas
North Dakota
Alabama
Wyoming
California
Indiana
Nebraska
Kentucky
Florida
Jaycees to Elect Officers at Lawton Meeting
Lawton Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual officer election at Wednesday’s meeting. A nominating committee led by Warren Chrisman with members Marlin Keathley Henry Weddle Clare Morford and Bill Peters prepared the slate.
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Lawton
Jersey City Trials Moving Walk for Commuters
Jersey City will test a moving sidewalk linking the Hudson and Manhattan tube station to the Erie terminal to ease crowding for thousands of riders. The 460 foot belt is built by Goodyear and Stephens Adamson, with Aurora workers contributing the supporting equipment.
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Akron
Ohio
New Jersey
Hudson River
Manhattan
Jersey City
Aurora
Times Square
Grand Central Station
New York
Cincinnati
Detroit
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Erie Railroad
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Stephens-Adamson Manufacturing Co
Lee Stephens
Illinois
Goodyear
Alaskans Seek Statehood Advice in Washington
A 45 member delegation from Alaska sought guidance from the Senate Interior committee on advancing a stalled statehood bill. They were promised later talks with President Eisenhower and Interior Undersecretary A. Tudor. House Speaker Joseph W. Martin Jr. said Alaska is entitled in principle to statehood, while warning action depends on the plan to admit only the more populous portion.
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Washington
Martin
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
House Interior Committee
Air Force pilot parachutes into Lake Michigan rescue
Air Force 2nd Lt. Ted Miller, 23, from Venice California, parachuted into Lake Michigan after a small explosion during a flight in an F 86 Sabrejet. The Air Force believes the jet crashed into the lake and rescued him early Tuesday.
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Chicago
Air Force
Ted Miller
Venice
Calif
Lake Michigan
Funeral Rites Held for R. J. Hamill in Grandfield
Services were set for 2:30 p.m. today at the Nazarene church in Grandfield for 90 year old R. J. Hamill who died of a heart attack at 1:30 a.m. Monday. The Rev. Jack Houts and Rev. Ferris Weaver were to officiate. Hamill, born November 10, 1863, moved from Norman to Grandfield in 1901 and was active in the Nazarene church. Survivors include his wife and two stepdaughters, Mrs. John Peters of Columbus Ohio and Mrs. Clarence Stipes of Oklahoma City.
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R. J. Hamill
Jack Houts
la Verne
Nazarene Church
Ferris Weaver
He Methodist
Grandield
Ekenemientery
Hamill
Norman
The
John Peters
Columbus
Clarence Stipes
Oklahoma City
Alabama physician named to For America executive panel
Dr. Theodore K. Lawless a prominent Alabama Negro physician and Talladega College board chairman was named to the executive committee of For America a new anti internationalist political group. The organization founded last Friday plans a nationalist campaign in upcoming congressional elections.
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For America
Chicago
Theodore K. Lawless
Lawless
Talladega College
Talladega
Ala
Trolley Strike End Seems Far Away
Pittsburgh date May 11 Yielding to mediators the 2700 Seeker operators union and Pitbores Rateage Co AFL Transit Workers Union fail to reach peace talks on a contract dispute affecting 1.5 million area residents. Traffic engineers monitor commuter flow as city businesses adjust hours for the strike’s impact and Monday’s delayed rush.
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Pittsburgh
Seporste Sanstraps
Tesb
Pitbores Rateage Co
AFL Transit Workers Union
Pittsh Area
Blood Insurance Plan Introduced in New York State
New York May 11 The Blood Banks Association of New York State launches a blood insurance plan guaranteeing servings for individuals and entire families in exchange for a yearly premium of one pint of blood.
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New York
The
Blood Banks Association of
New York State
Baruch Seeks Tax Policy Pause Amid Inflation Debate
Baruch warned against immediate tax cuts, arguing current costs of the cold war require shared sacrifice. He said inflationary neglect has saddled the nation with debt from World War II and the Korean conflict, and that more than half of the national debt is attributable to those inflations.
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Baruch
Former Presbyterian Moderator Dies In South Carolina Hospital
Florence South Carolina Dr P Frank Price 89 longtime moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA died in a local hospital after a lengthy illness He is father of Dr Frank W Price of New Monmouth Virginia current moderator of the Presbyterian Church US
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Presbyterian
South Carolina
Florence
S. C
P. Frank Price
The
Presbyterian Church, USA
Price
Frank W. Price
New Monmouth
Presbyterian Church
U. S
French Nab Pole On Spy Charges
Polish refugee Ladikowski, once part of the Warsaw government after liberation, sought asylum in France. Polish sources say Borden Zadora provided information to an eastern power.
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Borden Zadora
Paris
Ladikowski
Warsaw
Poland
France
Emey
Tax Refund Totals Reached 31 Million in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports 31,969,965 in income tax refunds issued or to be issued this year. Earl R. Wiseman, IRS district director, said 349,631 taxpayers have received refunds and about 50,000 returns remain to be checked by IRS staff.
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Oklahoma City
Earl R. Wiseman
Internal Revenue District
Wiseman
Internal Revenue
Thunder in Summer Or Winter Weather Reference
A fragment notes thunder from warm air masses rising to high altitudes. It mentions Gould thunder heard in summer and occasionally in winter, implying seasonal variation in thunderstorm activity.
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Citmien
Gould
President Dedicates Capitol Frieze in Rotunda
President Eisenhower formally dedicated the Capitol rotunda frieze. Brumidi began the work in 1877, with the unfinished portions completed last year by Allyn Cox of Essex Massachusetts. The three Cox panels depict the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and the birth of aviation in the United States.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol
Constantino Brumidi
Allyn Cox
Essex
Mass
Cox
United States
Air Academy Commission Inspects Missouri Site
A five man Air Force academy commission visiting Missouri planned trips to Joplin to view land between Joplin and Pittsburg as part of a site survey. Led by Merrill C. Meigs the group toured a 27 000 acre tract two miles north of Lawrence. Governor Arn said the commission is favorable and all 560 to 570 applicants remain in consideration until a site is chosen.
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Air Force Academy
Joplin
Pittsburg
Kaw
Merrill C. Meigs
Chicago
Lawrence
Edward F. Arn
Meigs
The
War Production Boards
Aircraft Production Division
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